title: A policy review of the community health worker programme in Iran.
abstract: Iran's Community Health Worker (CHW) programme survived as an integral element of the health system during a period when many other nations' CHW programmes collapsed and therefore warrants detailed analysis of the policies supporting the programme. We draw on a wide range of information about the Iranian programme and from this analysis draw important lessons on how to improve rural population health outcomes through Primary Health Care.
authors.affiliation: Discipline of Public Health, Flinders University, Health Science Building North Ridge Precinct, Registry Road, Bedford Park, SA 5042, Australia. sara.javanparast@flinders.edu.au
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Javanparast
authors.forename: Fran
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Baum
authors.forename: Ronald
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Labonte
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sanders
authors.forename: Gholamreza
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Heidari
authors.forename: Sakineh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rezaie
mesh_terms: D003150:Community Health Workers / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D005378:Financial Support; D006078:Government Programs; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D008297:Male; D010560:Personnel Selection; D015397:Program Evaluation; D016526:Workload